384  
WUUS53 KGRR 181758  
SVRGRR  
MIC005-015-025-077-081-139-181930-  
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0061.260518T1758Z-260518T1930Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
158 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
 
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 158 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM HOLLAND STATE PARK TO PAW PAW TO CASSOPOLIS, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 120 PM, A 63 MPH WIND GUST WAS  
REPORTED AT THE BENTON HARBOR AIRPORT.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GRAND RAPIDS... KALAMAZOO... PORTAGE...  
HOLLAND... HASTINGS... BATTLE CREEK...  
ALLEGAN... WYOMING... KENTWOOD...  
WALKER... GRANDVILLE... EAST GRAND RAPIDS...  
HUDSONVILLE... ROCKFORD... ZEELAND...  
COOPERSVILLE... SPARTA... WAYLAND...  
OTSEGO... PLAINWELL...  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4242 8576 4266 8621 4290 8621 4321 8579  
4329 8579 4329 8532 4277 8531 4277 8507  
4207 8507 4207 8576  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 219DEG 48KT 4278 8622 4238 8599 4179 8597  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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